CMU football inks 14 players; Lansing Catholic star QB will play for Chippewas|

By the Midland Daily News

Updated
8:52 pm EST, Saturday, February 6, 2016

MOUNT PLEASANT — Central Michigan football coach John Bonamego’s first signing class on Wednesday included 6-foot, 7-inch, 240-pound Lansing Catholic quarterback Tony Poljan, who had originally committed to the University of Minnesota.

“He may be the most highly recruited player to sign at CMU in quite some time,” Bonamego said. “He had multiple offers from Power Five schools. He’s a tremendous athlete, and he also had Division I basketball offers. He will compete with the other quarterbacks in the class to be the successor to (current starting quarterback) Cooper Rush.”

Overall, CMU signed 14 players, 11 of which are from Michigan.

“I am really excited about this class because, while we didn’t have a lot of scholarships to work with, I thought we really filled a lot of needs and brought some great talent into the program,” Bonamego said. “We felt like the quarterback position and the secondary and the defensive line are areas that we needed to address in looking at our roster numbers moving forward. We also continued our strong tradition of getting some of the best talent from Michigan while also branching out to key areas across the country.”